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Adjective: shriveled shrivuld
Usage: US (=shrivelled)
- (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
"shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"
- dried-up, sere, sear, shrivelled [Brit, Cdn], withered - Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
"the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"
- shrivelled [Brit, Cdn], shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened - Reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
"our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"
- shrivelled [Brit, Cdn], shrunken
Verb: shrivel (shrivelled,shrivelling, or [US] shriveled,shriveling) shrivul- Wither, as with a loss of moisture
"The fruit dried and shriveled"
- shrivel up, shrink, wither - Decrease in size, range, or extent
- shrink
See also: decreased, dry, lean, reduced, thin Type of: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen Encyclopedia: Shrivel |